iM Bank will pursue its second-half management strategy with a focus on improving soundness, upgrading its non-face-to-face systems and expanding cooperation with external platforms. The bank said it held a second-half strategy meeting in Pohang on July 10 attended by about 290 executives and branch managers. The meeting reviewed first-half performance and shared key directions for the remainder of the year, including targets and execution plans to meet its net profit goal.

South Korea\'s financial sector is turning its attention to regulators and parliament after the June 3 local elections, with a range of delayed policy issues expected to return to the agenda in the second half. These include governance reforms at financial holding firms, possible restrictions on jeonse loans for non-resident single-home owners, a no-fault compensation scheme for voice phishing victims, the Digital Assets Basic Act and revisions to the Microfinance Act.